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BRIEF NEWS: SWR To Manage Waste For Five-Star London Hotel; Two More Industry Experts Join AEA

18 January 2012

SWR To Manage Waste For Five-Star London Hotel

UK waste management company, SWR, is managing the entire waste contract for The Langham, London; a five star luxury hotel in London

Under the new waste contract SWR intends to raise recycling levels from the current rate of 35 percent to 75 percent over the first year of the contract and in the process realise significant reductions of The Langham's waste spend.

Kobus Maree, safety risk and security manager and environmental champion at The Langham said: "Dealing with the waste from daily operations can be a real challenge for a busy central London hotel like The Langham. CSR and sustainable business development are an important part of our ethos and wherever possible we try to eliminate waste at source to minimize disruptions, noise and our overall impact on the environment.

"SWR is helping us achieve this with new practical ways of working, which includes the installation of internal segregation bins, a new cardboard baler, a bin press and a glass crushing machine."

SWR CEO, Giles Whiteley explains: "We are very pleased to be working with The Langham. In terms of challenges of dealing with waste in large hotels it has them all; noise, space, access, size, large numbers of staff, busy bars and restaurants. It has really allowed us to demonstrate the full range of our capabilities and ability to deliver a high quality service. Hotels and bars are a key market for SWR, we work very hard to introduce services that meet specific waste requirements and fit with their operational needs."

Two More Industry Experts Join AEA

Simon Ford joins as a principal consultant and will support the company's growth in waste and energy related work with the private sector. Simon joins from Hyder Consulting where he was involved in projects of both an engineering and environmental nature. Simon's experience includes UK and overseas environmental due diligence, corporate environmental auditing, waste strategy development, waste facility procurement, waste facility independent certification and environmental permitting.

The second new recruit, Helen, joins AEA as senior consultant to support AEA's on-going work on product policy and sustainable materials and markets for Defra and on eco-design and product sustainability for the EC.

In addition Helen will be busy delivering projects involving lifecycle assessment, resource efficiency audits and waste management strategy for both large private and public sector clients. Helen joins from Envirolink where she has been leading a number of green procurement and sustainable procurement assignments for major corporate clients like the Peel Group and Diageo plc.

Darrel Moore